By Hervine Mahaud
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The summer temperatures on Tuesday afternoon brought down every barrier gestures. Around 5.30 p.m., the police had to intervene at Vauban park, right next to the Citadel of Lille (North) for evacuate nearly 400 people. Many verbalisations were drawn up for not wearing a mask. A worrying situation in the middle of the third wave of the epidemic.
“It was crowded”
” It was impressive ! »Says the commander in charge of this targeted awareness-raising operation. “When we arrived, it was packed with people. There was music, there was dancing and it was consuming alcohol. According to the official, about 400 people, “mainly students who wanted to sunbathe”, were gathered on the lawn of Vauban Park.
As a reminder, gatherings of more than six people outside are prohibited and may be subject to a ticket. But the Lille green space filled up throughout the afternoon, and the small groups quickly turned into a compact crowd.
With temperatures soaring to 24 ° C (in the shade), the masks were even too much. “Almost no one wore one. And when they saw us, they handed them over. “
Verbalizations for not wearing a mask
About 70 officials (municipal police, CRS and DDSP 59) were called upon to disperse the crowd. The intervention was generally well received by the people of Lille. “We showed a lot of pedagogy, we re-explained the barrier gestures that will allow us to get out of this crisis”, explains the commander.
[#Covid19]
Operation #police throughout the department of #North to ensure compliance with barrier gestures within the framework of health measures.
The return of sunny days does not dispense with this.
Here control at #Little Vauban – Citadelle and JB Lebas.#AllResponsible pic.twitter.com/AzI8pxCvy7– National Police 59 (@ PoliceNat59) March 30, 2021
On the other hand, it is difficult to draw up reports to all this small world, on the grounds of the ban on gatherings of more than 6 people. However, several people were fined for not wearing a mask. And the official warned: “if people abuse and continue to gather like that, there will be systematically verbalizations”.
The officials continued their operation in other areas of Lille, notably in the Jean-Baptiste Lebas park. And as for the curfew at 7 p.m., “we will stay on site afterwards if necessary, to enforce sanitary measures”.
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